Lot 3157. A pair of doucai dishes with pomegranates, plums and grapes, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 20.8 cm., 8 1/4 in. Estimate 250,000 — 350,000 HKD. Lot Sold 275,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

each with rounded sides supported on a slightly tapering foot, the centre of the interior painted with red pomegranates borne on a green leafy stem rising from a rock, the cavetto further decorated with pomegranates, plums and grapes, the exterior similarly painted with multicolour fruits, the underside inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character apocryphal Chenghua mark within a double-circle.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Hong Kong, 08 april 2011